Process of and apparatus for the mollification and disintegration of



T. M. SLOUGH. HE MOLLlFlC-ATlUN AND DISINTEGRATIO ELEMENTS.

' APPLICATION HLED m. 14, E922.

, PatentedSept. 12, 1922.

PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR T N 0F. AGGLUTINATE TMSL 01/677 Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

UNITED .srmrrrss ZPAJZITENFI OFFLCE.

THOMAS MICHAELSLOUGH, OEFNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

PROCESS or AND krrana'ms Eoza' THE MoLLIEIcA'rmN ANDDISINT-EGRATION or 'AG'GLUTINATE ELEMENTS.

'flpplioatioii filed March 1.4, 1922. Serial No. 543,805.

To aZlic/mmitmay concern: i

Be it known that I, Ti-IoMAsflITSmUGH,

acitizen of the United Sttttesflfesiiding at Ne\\ ()r leans in the-parish of'ot'leansyin the State of Louisiana; have 'invnted"cer-' tainmcu' and "useful Improvements in the Process of and apparatuses the Mollifica-' Lion and Disintegration*of kkgglutinateElemerits; of which thefollowing is'a specification.

My invention consistsi-n 'certai'n new and benches and similar articles of furniture" having seats of cane, wicker, or Other similar iii-distances adhesit'elyapplied thereto.

apparatus for the mollificationand disinteoration of agglutinateelements, and is designed more particularly for use in connection withthe repairingandalteration of furnrture and especially -chairs, sofas,

W'h'ile my invention is' more particularly in tended to provide a new wand useful method of removing chair bottoms, it will be apparent that it is applicable Wherever two or more parts adhesively related are to be separated.

In applying cane seats to chairs it is a common practice to provide the frame of the chair bottom with a circumferential groove in which a spline bedded in glue is fixed for the purpose of holdin the caned seat in place in the chair bottom. When it is necessary to remove the seat it is extremely difficult, by the methods at present in use, to remove this spline to release the seat. By my improved process, a fine jet of dry steam under pressure is applied to the spline, thus softening both the spline and the glue in which it is embedded. The end of the spline may then be raised from the groove and the spline peeled out, thus releasing the seat.

I have found the particular apparatus disclosed in the drawings filed herewith exceptionally well adapted for the purpose of practicing! my improved process, as I have provided in a compact and simple device both the means for providing a jet of steam of the most efiicacious character and also an improved nozzle adapted to both apply the steam to the parts and serve as a means of separating them when they have been properly softened by the action of the steam.

lVhile I have indicated this proposed form of apparatus adapted for the purpose of practicing my improved process, it isto be "ciea'rly understood that my process may 'heqn'a'cticed by a wide'variety of means, and it"must be also understood. that while I have 'set"forth"many of the uses of my process and apparatudthe scope of my invention is not to be limited thereby but is fully set fur-thin the'claims appended 'hereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a'side'elevation of my preferred form of apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a s ide elevation; partly in section, Ofabhair bottom, illustrating the use of the nozzlebfmy apparatus for removing a splinefrom the bottom.

In' the drawings:

My"improved-apparatus is shown with a base frame A provided with two bracing platforms A and A A there is suitably mounted a steam generator B of the ordinary type ofcopper-tube hot-water heaters. A pipe B suitable for attachment to a source of gas supply is connected with the gas burner of the heater and provided with the usual stopcock B A pipe B is connected with the lower. end of the coil of the heater B and extends within the frame A. between the platforms A and A A pipe B is connected with the upper end of the coil of the heater B and is provided with the tap B through whlch water may be supplied to the heater B. Mounted upon the platform A is the tank C to the top of which is connected the pipe B. A gauge B and a relief valve B are Interposed in the pi B between the heater B and the tank From the bottom of the tank C a pipe C connects with the pipe B and a drain-cock (l is provided in the union at their point of junction. A pipe 0 connects the pipe B with the tank (l at a point mid-way of its height, and this .pipe C is provided with a pet-cock C and a valve From the top of the tank G extends the pipe provided with a valve C and to this pipe F there is connected the flexible hose provided upon its end with the improved nozzle D above referred to. This nozzle D is slightly curved and is provided with a small jet opening in its end.

From the foregoing description of the parts of my apparatus, its use will be obvious.

When a hose is attached to the tap B nd Upon "the platform the tap B is opened, the coil in the heater B, pipes Bj L5, andG} andthe tank c ma sbe filled 'witli waterp If the 'plirccl' it sis opened the water level in the tank C may be maintained level with the pipe The Water is then turned be; lidsdis connected from tap 13"; tap fif pet-cock C and valve are closed; as is then admitted to the heater l3 and in the ordinary operation of the heater, the Water in my apparatus is converted into steam, the heater supplying steam through the pipe B to the tank C. l have found that it is important that the steam be supplied to the nozzle at a pressure of Iiflpounds, so I arrange the relief valve B to secure this result, the indicator B showing the pressureat alltimes. The steam is delivered through the pipe C, by manipu lating the valve C, to the hose 1C?- and the nozzle D. v 1 i i In Fig. 2 I have illustrated the relation of the chair bottom E with its groove E and the spline F retaining the cane seat G.

When the steam is properly delivered from the nozzle D it may be applied to the spline F thus softening spline F in the groove, andalso rendering the spline F pliable. hen the nozzle D can be used as a; chisel to raisethe end of the spline F from the groove E and peel the spline F from the bottom E thus releasing the cane seat G. i

the glue which holds the supply the llaving described my invention, What I claim is:

I 1. The process of removing cane seats from chairs which consists in, first, subjecting the retaining spline to the mollifymg action of steam and simultaneously subjecting the glue in which the spline w s embedded to the liquefying actionof the steam, and, second, peeling the spline from the chair by interposing a pointed tool having a passage for steam directing the steam to the very point of separation of the spline from the seat.

2. In an apparatus for mollifying and disintegrating agglutinate elements, the combination of a steam generator; a nozzle adapted to apply steam to the elements and shaped to apply disjunctive pressure between the elements at the point of discharge of the steam; and means adapted to supply the steam from the generator to the nozzle at the desired pressure.

3. In an apparatus for removing splines from chairs, the combination of a steam generator; a nozzle adapted and shaped to apply steam under the spline and simultaneously apply disjunctive pressure between the spline and the chair; and means adapted to steam from the generator to the nozzle.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature. THOMAS MICHAEL SLOUGH. 

